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Family of murdered student Imette St. Guillen drops fed case for $130G

The money’s not much — but the honor is huge.

The family of slain city student Imette St. Guillen accepted a paltry $130,000 settlement in their $100 million lawsuit against the federal government only after authorities agreed to name a probation-tracking program in her honor, sources said yesterday.

A source said that was a key condition for St. Guillen’s heartbroken mom, Maureen St. Guillen, to settle the suit that accused the feds of failing to keep tabs on ex-con Darryl Littlejohn, who was on probation at the time of St. Guillen’s 2006 murder.

“Maureen’s biggest issue was never remuneration or reward, but just basically making sure that Imette’s death was not in vain,” the source said.

The settlement requires the US Probation Service to memorialize St. Guillen by renaming the computer software that tracks federal and state probationers after her.

Under the deal, St. Guillen’s estate will receive $66,851.23, according to a Manhattan Surrogate’s Court filing, first reported by the Web site DNAinfo.com.

The remainder, $63,148.77, is being split among the family’s lawyers — Scott Epstein, Joseph Tacopina and Chris Lang.

Of that amount, $33,425.71 will go toward a standard 25 percent contingency fee and the balance will go toward legal expenses, records show.

All three lawyers declined to comment on the settlement.

“The case against the government isn’t settled yet. Yes, the Surrogate’s Court approved the deal, but we actually have to sign the document,” Lang said.

“We’re really not talking about it until it’s done.”

A Surrogate Court’s approval for the deal was required because St. Guillen died without a will.

St. Guillen, a 24-year-old John Jay College grad student, was befriended by Littlejohn one night in February 2006 at The Falls bar on Lafayette Street in SoHo, where he was working as a bouncer.

The then-44-year-old thug — who was supposed to be under US Probation Service supervision for prior convictions — lured her into his van, and then raped and strangled the her before dumping her body in Brooklyn. He was convicted in 2009 and is serving a life sentence.

St. Guillen’s estate sued the feds for $100 million in 2008 for failure to keep tabs on Littlejohn. As a convict, Littlejohn should have been prohibited from working in a bar.

Soon after, St. Guillen’s family reached a $375,000 settlement with The Falls bar owners, Michael and Daniel Dorrian, to end a separate suit the family had filed against them, records show.

The family then began negotiations with the feds in the other lawsuit.

“The federal government’s protected from being sued in instances like this, and the only way it can happen is if they consent,” the source said, noting that factor played a major role in the willingness of the family to negotiate a settlement.

A spokeswoman for the US Probation Department declined to comment, as did a spokesman for the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office, which is representing the federal government in the case.

The St. Guillen family has a pending wrongful-death lawsuit against Littlejohn.

Doing the math

$100 million: Federal lawsuit filed by Imette St. Guillen’s estate claiming probation officials failed to monitor Darryl Littlejohn

$130,000: Amount government has agreed to pay to settle the suit

$66,851.23: Amount estate will keep

$63,148.77: Amount estate lawyers will get in fees and legal expenses

laura.italiano@nypost.com